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#OTD in 1923 – As the Civil War petered out into a de facto victory for the pro-treaty side, Éamon de Valera asked the IRA leadership to call a ceasefire, but they refused.
The Anti-Treaty IRA executive meets in the Knockmealdown mountains, Co Tipperary to discuss the war’s future. Tom Barry proposes a motion to end the war, but it is defeated by 6 votes to 5. Éamon de Valera is allowed to attend, after some debate, but is given no voting rights. SaveSaveSaveSave
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The Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland ❀
Another castle - yay!
The archiving group of Kilkenny Archaeological Society went on a little day trip today, which made us miss the climate protest - oops. But we carpooled and there is no public transport to where we were going.
First stop was Kilcash Castle in Co. Tipperary. This is again one of those tower houses, but it had undergone quite some extensions. Interesting history, as usual. One of the families who owned it, was the De Valle/ Wall family. Their member Richard de Valle was the third (?) husband of Alice Kyteler, the famous alleged witch from Kilkenny.
There is no access to the castle, because it is in such a ruined and unsafe state. Close to it is the old graveyard with a little church and a mausoleum for the Butler family who owned the castle later. Nothing to see in the mausoleum, but Wikipedia talks about “elaborate scenes of the crucifixion“ (Source: Wikipedia). What they mean are symbols of the passion which were quite common on graves of the 16th and 17th century, I believe. We have plenty of those in Co. Kilkenny as well.
The next stop was Ormonde Castle in Carrick-on-Suir, of which I only have group photos, but I can’t post them without permission of all people on the tour. There are no photographs allowed in the castle. The tour guide Emma was excellent, very knowledgable and able to adapt to our group. Highly recommended.
After lunch at Marty’s (also recommended!), we went to the Heritage Centre to meet a guy whose name I’ve forgotten to learn about Dorothea Herbert, a reverend’s daughter who kept a diary, wrote poetry and plays and is something like the Irish Jane Austen. Oh, outside Marty’s, a charity bicycle race had just ended and Sean Kelly was there. Photo opp, but I had never heard of him and I usually don’t get star struck, so ... meh.
On the return drive we stopped in Grangemockler to see the grave of Michael Hogan. I have no interest in the GAA or sports in general, so no comment.
Rock of Cashel, Ireland, 2017
#OTD in Irish History | 13 May:
1842 – Arthur Sullivan, the son of an Irish musician, is born. Along with William Gilbert he invented the English operetta. Sullivan’s last work is entitled “The Emerald Isle”. 1848 – The Irish Confederation splits; John Mitchel starts the militant United Irishman; he is arrested on this date and is sentenced to 14 years transportation under the new Treason-Felony Act. 1851 – Wexford physician…
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#OTD in 1895 – Bridget Cleary was burned to death by her husband Michael who believed her spirit had been taken by bad faeries and replaced with a changeling.
Cleary was born Bridget Boland around 1869 in Ballyvadlea, Co Tipperary. She married Michael Cleary in August 1887. The couple met in Clonmel, where he worked as a cooper and she served as a dressmaker’s apprentice. The horrific case dominated the media in Ireland during the trial. Reports of the incident suggest that her husband (who was sentenced to 15 years for manslaughter) was the one who…
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#OTD in Irish History | 21 April:
1738 – A Mr Lorimer, receiver of Sir Arthur Acheson (MP for Mullingar), is killed in a duel. 1816 – Birth of author of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, daughter of an Irish father and eldest of the three Brontë Sisters. 1871 – Birth of Labour leader and Irish nationalist, John Fitzpatrick, in Athlone, Co Westmeath. 1874 – Birth of mechanical engineer, designer of cars and tanks, Walter Wilson, in…
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